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Justice and Prosocial Commitments

Author(s) / Creator(s)

Montada, Leo

Abstract / Description

It is a widespread opinion among philosophers and psychologists that altruistic acts are motivated by charitable love or sympathy toward the needy (Bloom, 1981; Hoffman, 1981; Staub, 1978). Of course, altruism might be deined by just this kind of motivation. However, we also know of helpful concern for others in fulillment of obligations set by social or personal norms. Staub (1978) has distinguished between two types of prosocial goals: prosocial orientation and orientation toward duty and obligation. Rushton (1981) has distinguished between empathic and normative altruism. The present study focuses on one category of normative altruism: prosocial commitments motivated by perceived injustice and aimed at removing injustice. The thesis of this chapter is that when we perceive people who suffer misery and needs that seem undeserved we will be motivated to restitute justice. Prosocial activities in their favor are one way to attempt this. Of course, there are alternative ways to reestablish justice. One alternative may be to reinterpret the misery of the needy as deserved or as self-inflicted: These appraisals, subjectively, cancel injustice. Another way could be to blame and to punish those who are responsible for the misery

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Affektive Bindung Prosoziales Verhalten Schuldgefühl Kognition Attribution Gerechtigkeit Verantwortlichkeit Verbundenheitsgefühl Benachteiligte Prosoziales Verhalten Schuldgefühl Kognitionen Attribution Gerechtigkeit Verantwortlichkeit Commitment Disadvantaged Prosocial Behavior Guilt Cognitions Justice Responsibility Emotional Responses Longitudinal Studies

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Date of first publication

1991

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In: Leo Montada Hans Werner Bierhoff (Editors) Altruism in Social Systems. Stuttgart 1991.

Citation

  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Montada, Leo
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    2022-11-21T13:56:33Z
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    2014-06-12
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  • Made available on
    2022-11-21T13:56:33Z
  • Date of first publication
    1991
  • Abstract / Description
    It is a widespread opinion among philosophers and psychologists that altruistic acts are motivated by charitable love or sympathy toward the needy (Bloom, 1981; Hoffman, 1981; Staub, 1978). Of course, altruism might be deined by just this kind of motivation. However, we also know of helpful concern for others in fulillment of obligations set by social or personal norms. Staub (1978) has distinguished between two types of prosocial goals: prosocial orientation and orientation toward duty and obligation. Rushton (1981) has distinguished between empathic and normative altruism. The present study focuses on one category of normative altruism: prosocial commitments motivated by perceived injustice and aimed at removing injustice. The thesis of this chapter is that when we perceive people who suffer misery and needs that seem undeserved we will be motivated to restitute justice. Prosocial activities in their favor are one way to attempt this. Of course, there are alternative ways to reestablish justice. One alternative may be to reinterpret the misery of the needy as deserved or as self-inflicted: These appraisals, subjectively, cancel injustice. Another way could be to blame and to punish those who are responsible for the misery
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  • Publication status
    unknown
  • Review status
    unknown
  • ISBN
    978-0-88937-045-6
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bsz:291-psydok-37977
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11780/757
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.10217
  • Language of content
    eng
  • Is part of
    In: Leo Montada Hans Werner Bierhoff (Editors) Altruism in Social Systems. Stuttgart 1991.
  • Keyword(s)
    Affektive Bindung
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  • Keyword(s)
    Prosoziales Verhalten
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  • Keyword(s)
    Schuldgefühl
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  • Keyword(s)
    Kognition
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  • Keyword(s)
    Attribution
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  • Keyword(s)
    Gerechtigkeit
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  • Keyword(s)
    Verantwortlichkeit
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  • Keyword(s)
    Verbundenheitsgefühl
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  • Keyword(s)
    Benachteiligte
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  • Keyword(s)
    Prosoziales Verhalten
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  • Keyword(s)
    Schuldgefühl
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  • Keyword(s)
    Kognitionen
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  • Keyword(s)
    Attribution
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  • Keyword(s)
    Gerechtigkeit
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  • Keyword(s)
    Verantwortlichkeit
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  • Keyword(s)
    Commitment
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  • Keyword(s)
    Disadvantaged
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  • Keyword(s)
    Prosocial Behavior
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  • Keyword(s)
    Guilt
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  • Keyword(s)
    Cognitions
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  • Keyword(s)
    Justice
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  • Keyword(s)
    Responsibility
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  • Keyword(s)
    Emotional Responses
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  • Keyword(s)
    Longitudinal Studies
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  • Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)
    150
  • Title
    Justice and Prosocial Commitments
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  • DRO type
    bookPart
  • Visible tag(s)
    PsyDok